"The Back Stage" August 17-31, 1981 Vol. 1 No. 4. Baton Rouge's Entertainment Magazine Van Halen, Smokie Robinson. Coming attractions, advertisements for music related businesses in Baton Rouge, festivals and radio stations. Original part of the...
August 6, 1969 Press release from the Office of the Mayor-President addressing recent racial tensions in Baton Rouge. The tensions were the result of the shooting of James Oliney in July of 1969 by Officer Ray Breaux. The night of Oliney's...
August 11, 1969 Press release from the Office of the Mayor-President addressing recent racial tensions in Baton Rouge. The tensions were the result of the shooting of James Oliney in July of 1969 by Officer Ray Breaux. The night of Oliney's...
Postcards, United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Monuments
Postcard: "Confederate Monument, Baton Rouge, La." Located on North Boulevard at Third Street. Built by the Confederate Monument Association, the cornerstone was laid in 1886 and the monument was unveiled on August 5, 1890.
Postcards, United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Monuments
Postcard: "Confederate Monument, Baton Rouge, La. 1865". Located on North Boulevard at Third Street. Built by the Confederate Monument Association, the cornerstone was laid in 1886 and the monument was unveiled on August 5, 1890.
Postcards, Louisiana State University (Baton Rouge, La.)--History
Postcard: "Avenue of Oaks, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, U.S.A." [Old campus]. Published by Litho Chrome. Addressed to Mr. Sidney Simpson, #504 Arabella St., New Orleans, La. Postmarked August 23, 1906
Catholic High School, 411 North St., Baton Rouge, La. Built for approximately $300,000. Demolished in August 1967. Gift of Ed Reed. Photograph by Ewing. March 20, 1930
Central Fire Station. 425-437 Laurel Street, Baton Rouge, La. Constructed for a cost of $85,000 in 1924. At the time it was built, this was one of six modern fire stations in the area. Photograph by Ewing. August 13, 1925
Billy Brooks, Director of the Louisiana Black People Advancement Association, sits on the shoulders of some of his followers and leads a group in shouts of "Black Power". The group formed from a larger group that was holding a rally on the steps of...
Members of the Spinsters Club and the Southern Club at the Annual Summer party for both organizations. Held at the American Legion Hall August 31, 1968 l. to r. Diane Charlton, Ken D. Valentine, Judy Simons and Rusty Blix. Original located in...
Carlos G. Spaht's (August 2, 1906 - April 29, 2001) Class at the Provost Marshal General's School in Fort Custer, Michigan. Spaht is remembered for having lost the Democratic gubernatorial runoff election in January 1952 to fellow Judge Robert F....
Hamilton "Ham" Farrar Richardson, right, (August 24, 1933 - November 5, 2006)from Baton Rouge, La. He was the top ranked tennis player in the United States in 1956 and 1958. Richardson was a Rhodes Scholar who attended Tulane University in New...
Clipping from Baton Rouge Newspaper "A Capital Idea". August 11, 1900 Taken from the Convention Street School Cornerstone. Laid in 1900, opened in 1957.